Natural and melatonin-stimulated changes in the circadian rhythm of prolactin secretion in the ewe during seasonal anestrus

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 360-367

  Misztal, Tomasz ^a   Romanowicz, Katarzyna ^a   Barcikowski, Bernard ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Circadian rhythm; Ewe; Melatonin; Opiate peptides; Prolactin; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030729554     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127259     Document Type: Article

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